| Controversial Trump-Russia 'dossier' sparks legal battle over press freedom Posted: 07 Jun 2018 01:15 PM PDT ![Controversial Trump-Russia 'dossier' sparks legal battle over press freedom]( "Controversial Trump-Russia 'dossier' sparks legal battle over press freedom") The series of confidential memos were compiled by Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer. Although a few news reports about the former spy's work appeared prior to the November 2016 election, no news organization was able to verify the most alarming allegations – including that Mr. Trump and his associates were colluding with the Russians to undermine the Clinton campaign.
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| The riddle of Hamas's new Gaza leader: extremist or pragmatist? Posted: 07 Jun 2018 01:03 PM PDT ![The riddle of Hamas's new Gaza leader: extremist or pragmatist?]( "The riddle of Hamas's new Gaza leader: extremist or pragmatist?") Yahya Sinwar, the Hebrew-speaking leader of Hamas in Gaza who spent 22 years in Israeli prison, is known more for stealth military action than speech-making. When Palestinians launched the still-running series of Friday protests along the Gaza-Israel fence this spring, Mr. Sinwar vowed to keep the protests going until the border itself was breached. The demonstrations, held to denounce Israel's economic blockade of Gaza and symbolize Gazans' yearning to return to ancestral homes in Israel, marked "a new phase in the Palestinian national struggle on the road to liberation," he declared.
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| Advice from the ants about grass-hopper companies Posted: 07 Jun 2018 12:08 PM PDT ![Advice from the ants about grass-hopper companies]( "Advice from the ants about grass-hopper companies") In a June 7 statement, nearly 200 chief executives of major American firms put out a special plea through a group called the Business Roundtable. In essence, these titans of industry and finance gave their support to companies that are patient in growing their underlying value rather than continually panicked about producing quick results. "Public companies should be managed for long-term prosperity, not to meet the latest forecast," the statement said.
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| Briefing: Why violence has flared in Nicaragua Posted: 07 Jun 2018 11:33 AM PDT ![Briefing: Why violence has flared in Nicaragua]( "Briefing: Why violence has flared in Nicaragua") For years, as neighbors like Honduras and Guatemala experienced political unrest and violence, Nicaragua was a bastion of calm. In April, President Daniel Ortega proposed a social security reform that would have increased employee payments but decreased benefits. More than 100 protesters have been killed, according to the most recent tally by the local human rights organization, the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights.
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